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With the Compliments of 



PAPEES 



RELATING TO 



Captain Thomas Lawrence's Company, 

RAISED IN GROTON, MASSACHUSETTS, DURING THE 
FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR, 1758. 

REMARKS 



MADE BEFOEE 



THE MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 

May 8, 1890. 



BY 



SAMUEL ABBOTT GREEN, M.D. 




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PAPERS 



RELATING TO 



Captain Thomas Lawrence's Company, 

RAISED IN GROTON, MASSACHUSETTS, DURING THE 
f FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR, 1758. 



REMAKKS 



MADE BEFORE 



THE MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 

May 8, 1890. 



BY 

SAMUEL ABBOTT GREEN, M.D. 



CAMBRIDGE : 

JOHN WILSON AND SON. 

^Hntbersitg |3ress. 

1890. 



£- 



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PAPERS 

RELATING TO CAPTAIN THOMAS LAWRENCE'S 
COMPANY. 



At a meeting of the Massachusetts Historical 



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Society, held on May 8, 1890, Dr. Samuel A. Green, 
in presenting some old manuscripts, made the following 
remarks : — 

These papers relate to a military company raised in Groton 
during the French and Indian War, and came into my posses- 
sion several years ago. They were given to me by General 
Albert Harleigh Hill, of Groton, Vermont, a great-grandson 
of Ephraira Wesson, who commanded the company after the 
death of Captain Thomas Lawrence. The town of Groton, 
Vermont, was settled in part by families from Groton, Massa- 
chusetts, and through these early settlers the name was car- 
lied into the Green Mountain country. Captain Edmund 
Morse was married to Sally, a daugliter of Captain Wesson ; 
and their daughter Sally was married to John Hill, the father 
of General Hill. Captain Morse was a native of the Massa- 
chusetts town, and the earliest settler of the Vermont town, 
where, at the head of Wells River, he built the first saw-mill 
and grist-mill in the place. ^ In this way these manuscripts 
have come down from the middle of the last century. 

Some of the items in the inventories of the soldiers' effects 
seem strange, and suggest many contrasts ; but they tlu'ow 
glimpses of light into the dark corners of camp life during 
that period. In our times an officer roughing it on the fron- 
tiers would hardly have in his wardrobe a shirt ruffled at the 

1 Miss Henienway's " Vermont Historical Gazetteer," vol. iv. pp. 1146-1150. 



wrists, and the soldiers would scarcely carry cliocolate among 
their private stores. The tea and coffee of the commissary 
nowadays render needless even this nutritious article of drink. 
The tump-line, also mentioned in the inventories, was a strap 
placed around the forehead to help a man support a burden 
carried on the back. It was in common use daring the Rev- 
olutionary period, and still is among hunters and trappers on 
the frontiers. " To tump " means, " to drag along the body of 
a deer or other animal " ; and the word appears to have been 
borrowed from the Indians. See Hubbard's " Woods and 
Lakes of Maine" (page 107), for a wood-cut showing the 
way in which the tump-line is used. 

A short time after the retreat of the English from Ticon- 
deroga, in the summer of 1758, Colonel Nichols's Massachu- 
setts Regiment was waylaid, on July 20, at the Half-Way 
Brook, between Fort Edward and Lake George, and met with 
sore disaster. More than twenty soldiers were slain in the 
skirmish, and most of them scalped by the savage allies of the 
French. The Groton company suffered more severely than any 
other in the regiment. Their loss comprised Captain Thomas 
Lawrence ; privates Abel Sawtell, Eleazer Ames, and Stephen 
Foster, all of Groton ; Corporal Nehemiah Gould, of Groton 
Gore (sometimes spoken of as Township No. 1, and now lying 
mostly in Mason, New Hampshire) ; and Sergeant Oliver 
Wright, and Private Simon Wheeler, both of Westford. Ser- 
geant Oliver Lakin, of Groton, and Private Joel Crosby, of 
Westford, were reported as missing, though one account says 
th'at Crosby was killed. It is known tliat Sergeant Lakin was 
taken prisoner during the action, and released from captivity 
the next year by paying a ransom. See " Groton during the 
Indian Wars" (pages 163-165) for a muster-roll of the 
company. 

An account of this fight is given in Lieutenant Samuel 
Thompson's Diary, printed in the appendix to Sewall's His- 
tory of Woburn (pages 547-558) ; and another account is 
found in Joseph Holt's Journal, printed in " The New Eng- 
land Historical and Genealogical Register" (X. 307-310) for 
October, 1856. 

The following entry in regard to Sergeant Lakin appears in 
the Journal of the Massachusetts House of Representatives 
for January 10, 1760 : — 



A Petition of Oliver Lahen of Groton, in the County of Middlesex, 
shewing, that he was a Soldier in the Pay of the Province Anno 1758, 
and was on the 20th Day of Jidy the same Year, Captivated by the 
Indian Enemy, suffered many & great Hardships, and was obliged to 
borrow a Sum of Money to purchase bis Freedom from Captivity ; he 
therefore .prays he may be allowed the Sum of Money he borrowed ; 
also the Charges of his Passage home, and a further Allowance for his 
Loss of Time and Sufferings &c. (Page 153.) 

The answer is found two claj's later, in the Journal of Jan- 
uary 12, as follows : — 

The Committee appointed to consider the Petition of Oliver Lukin, 
Rej)orted thereon. 

Read, and accepted in Part, viz. Resolved, That the Sum of eight 
Pounds, be allowed and paid out of the public Treasury to William 
Lawrence, Esq ; for the Use of the Petitioner, in full Consideration 
for his Services and SufFeriugs therein mentioned. 

Sent up for Concurrence. (Page 160.) 

In the same Journal, June 13, 1759, there is — 

A Petition of David Sartwell of Groton, in the County of Ifiddlesex, 
setting forth, that his son Abel Sartwell, went forth in the P^xjaedition 
against Canada the last Year ; that near Half- Way-Brook (so-called) 
he was in an Engagement with the Enemy, and killed ; that his Gun 
was then lost ; he therefore prays the Stoppage may be taken off, and 
the Treasurer be directed to allow him the three Pounds mentioned. 
(Page 40.) 

Copies of some of these manuscripts are here given : — 

Middlesex ss may ye 23';^ 1758 

Whereas Cap' Thomas Lawrance Informs me the Subscriber one of his 
majestys Justices of the peace for Said County that a Number of men 
belonging to his Company that have been Preswaded to Cai-ry their 
own arms in the Present Expedition Disigned against Canada Disire 
that Some Suitable Persons may may [siV] be appointed to apprize the 
Said arms I do therefore hearby appoint and Impower Cap' Benjs Ban- 
croft Lieu' Joseph Gillson & Lieut. William Nutting to apprize Such 
arms as belongs to the Said Lawrences Company at there Present true 
Value and to act faithfullyly [s/c] and Impartially accordingly to their 
best of their Skill and Judirment 



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agreeable to the above Directions we the Subscribers Have vied 
[viewed] y° armes of the Severall SoUdier hearafter Named and iu our 
Judgment their Guns Respectively are worth the Sum Prefixed against 
Each mans Name 

Oliver Wright 

Benjamin Nutting 

Daniel Gilson 

John Erwin Ju' . 

Simon Wheeler . 

P^leazer ames . 

Joel Crosby 
a Coppy Simon Gilson 

Cap' Tho^ Lawrence 

Stephen Kemp apprentice ) 



to Edmund Bancroft 
L^ Eph"i Wesson 



Witness our hands 



£1 . 10 





1. 10 





. * 1 .12 





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1 . 16 





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Benj? Bancroft 
Joseph Gillson 
William Nutting ) 
[Endorsed] 

MiDD? ss may 23^1 1758 

then the within named Cap' Benj- Bancroft Joseph Gillson & William 
Nutting appeared and made Sollom oath to act as within Directed 

before me William Lawrance 

Justice of peace 
A Coppy &•= 

Daniel Gilson 
Moses Blood 
John Erueu Ju- 



Then we received Our Guns Bayonets and Slings for our Guns Out of 
the Province Stores by the hand of Thomas Lawrance Capt under 
Whose Command we be ; we say Received 

By us and acknowledge the Recept there of as AVitness Our hands 



Worcester May the 

26/1758 

Joseph Farwell Ju"^ 
Henry Woods 
Nehemiah Goold 
Oliver Lakin 
Oliver Parker 
Ephraim Severanc 



Nathanael Lakin 
Obadiah Perry 
Moses Gould 
Joseph Kemp 
Thomas Scott 
Oliver Shattuck 



David Shattuck Nathaniel Parker 

T 1 ^'l^ /-(I 11- Joseph Hartwell 

John X Chamberlain tttm,- t~. ■ 

mark • William Parker 

His his 

Simeon X Nutting Simon X foster 

mark mark 

His his 

Simon X Lakin Stephen X foster 

mark mark 

John Nuttinof Oliver farnsworth 



When you shall haue Rec*^ the Prouision for your men you are to 
Draw up your Company in The most Conuient Place Near the Meet- 
ing hous and Be Ready to march When the word is Giuen After you 
ar Embodied you ar to Make a Return of all Deserters spacifying the 
town in which they Dewll Likewise to Report the E[s]tate of your 
Company with Regard to Ammunition & Prouision &c : and you are 
hereby ordered not to suffer any To Stragel or Loiter Behind you are 
to Place a Number of men in the front Who haue Arms to Couer the 
others who haue no arms Ordering a Sufficence in the Rear that shall 
be able to answer the Like End and you are to see that the men Keep 
from hudling at any Riur Brook Fordway or Place Difhcuts that we 
may meet with in our way to our Head Quarters you are orderd 
hereby to make a Report Euery Euening of the Estate of your Com- 
pany and to send an under officer to Receiue all Orders Immediatly 
when the Regiment shall be Orderd To Encamp and to se Puutablely 
obeyed all that shall Be giuen out from Time to Time that may 
Res[p]ect any of the Seruice you are not to suffer any of your men 
To march Before the aduance Guard nor to Loiter Behind the Rear 
unless Sickness or Lameness Preuent his Keeping up. You are to see 
that there is No fireing on the march or in Camp — 

I am Your Very Good Frend John Cuming 

To Cap'. Lawrance 

N: H: [Northampton] June !»' 1758 



July y" 24=1758 

Halfway Brook then we who have under Neath Subscribed ware ap- 
pointid By order of Cor''? Nichols to Apprise the things that Cap' 
Thomas Larrance has Left and his men that was Kild in the fight a 
true Inventorey of the things that ware Dilivered to us all Appised in 
old tenor 

Itum his purs 15 = 11 — 
It one Noat 04=13 — 1 
It: one Noat 30—18 — 9 



It one pair of woolen 

Breatches - - - - 1 — 10 — 
It one Shirt Ruffiled at 

the Hands - - - - 3 = 00 
It one Shirt Not Ruthled 2 — 05 







4 _ 00 — 



It one Wig at - - 
It one pair of worsted 

Stocking - - - - — 18 — 
It one pair of Worsted 

Stocking - - - - — 12 — 
It one pair of Shoos - 2 — 05 — 
It one Bra?s Ink pot - = 05 — 
It one pound and a half of 

Tobacko - - - - = 09-0 
It one Ribbond for a Tye — 05 — 
It one Shot moles and 

Lades 1 _ 00 — 

It one Wooden Bottel at — 09 — 
It one tumpline Napsack 

Sleepers and Check - 0—10 — 
It one Rasor - - - - — 05 — 



Daniel Fletcher ^ 

Leonard Spaulding )>Apprisors 

Joseph Walker ) 



68 = 15 — 10 Total 



the things Belonging to Saj' Oliver Wright 
Itum his purs - - - 1=2=6 
It his Booke - - - - 0=5 — 
It one Coat - - - - 2=5 = 
It one pair of Druget 

Shirts - - - - - 3 = 10 = 
It Indin Stocking and 

Socks - - - - - 1—0 — 
It one pair of Breatches 2 — — 
It one pair of Shoos - — 15 — 
It one pair of Stockins — 10 — 
It one Box and Shoger 

and Chockalat - - — 10 — 
It one Rasor - - - — 5 — 



Daniel Fletcher 

Leonard Spaulding J>Apprisors 

Joseph Walker j 



12— 2 — 6 Total 



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the things Belonging to Saj* Oliver Laking 
Itum one Shirt at - - 1 — 10-^0 
It one Lining Shirt at — 05 — 
It one pair of Lether 

Breatches - - - - 1 — 05 — 
It one wescott - - - — 10 — 
It one Tumpline and Belt — 05 — 
It one pair of Shoos - — 10 — 
It one Bottel and Napsack — 10 — 

4 — 15 — Total 
It one Blanket - - - 2 — 5 — 



Daniel Fletcher 

Leonard Spaulditig ^Apprisors 

Joseph Walker j 



the things Belonging Corpril Nehemiah Goold 
Itum one jacket - - - 2=5 — 
It one Druget Shirt at 1 — — 
It one pair of Stockins — 12 — 
It one Cap and hanker- 

cheif — 05 — 

It one pair of Shoos and 

Buckels - - - - 0—12—0 
It one pound of Sope - — 10 — 
It two Napsacks footings — 10 — 
It one pair of Specks - — 07 — 6 



Daniel Fletcher 

Leonard Spaulding )> Apprisors 

Joseph Walker ) 



It one pound of tobacko 



6 = 2 — 6 Total 
— 10—0 



the things that Belong to Elea[z]er Fames 
Itum one Shirt - - - 1 — 10 — 
It one Coat at - - - — 10 — 
It one pair of Lether 

Breatches - - - - 1 — 10-0 
It one pair of Shoos and 
• Buckels - - - - 1 — 00-0 
It one jacket and Cap 

at — 10—0 

It two pair of Stocking 

and Stocks and Napsack 

and tumpline at - - 1 — — 
It one pound of Shuger — 8 — 



Daniel Fletcher 
Leonard Spaulding 
Joseph Walker 



■ Apprisors 



6 



8 — Total 



10 



the things that Belonged to Simon Wheeler 

Itum one Coat at - - 2 — 10 -^O 

It one Gotten Shirt at 1 — 10 — 

It one pair of Indin Stock- 
ins ----- - 0—18 — 

It one Knife and gim- 

blet - — 07 — 

It one Rasor - - - — 5 — 

It one pair of trousers 

and Hankercheif - — 15 — 

It half a pound of tobacko 

and Bottel - - - = 05 — 

It one Napsack and hatch — 10 — 

7_ 0-0 Total 



Daniel Fletcher ] 

Leonard Spaulding J> Apprisors 

Joseph Walker J 



the things that Belong to Able Sartwell 



Itum one Coat 
It one Druget Shirt 
It one pair of Stock- 
ing 

It one pair of Leather 
Breatches - - - - 

It one tumpline Cap and 
Hankercheef - - - 



0-0 
10-0 



0—10 — 



0—15-0 



Daniel Fletcher ^ 

Leonard Spaulding }■ Apprisors 

Joseph Walker J 



— 15-0 

6 = 10-0 Total 



the things that Belong to Joel Crosbee 
Itum his purs - - 11=5 — 
It one Coat - - - - 1 — 5 — 
It one pair of Breatches 1 — 15 — 
It one Druget Shirt - 1 — 10 — 
It one pair of Indin Stocks — 15 — 
It one Cap - - - - 0-04-0 
It one pair of footing & 

Stocking - - - - 0—15 — 
It half a pound of Choco- 
late — 05-0 

It one pair tow Breiches 

and tumpline & - - — 07 — 



Daniel Fletcher 1 

Leonard Spaulding y Apprisors 

Joseph Walker J 



18 = 2 
2 — 5 



Total 




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the things that Belong to Stephen Foster 

Itum one grate Coate at 3 — — Daniel Fletcher 

It one Drusret Shirt - 1 — 2 — 6 



It one Jacket at 
It one Blanket 



Leonard Spaulding J> Apprisors 
Joseph Walker J 



1—5 — 
2 — 5-0 



7 z= 12 = 6 Total 



£2:5:0 



0:6:0 



Things Belonging to Leonard parker 

0[ld] Tenor 
Impr T° One pare of 

pumps ----- 
Im To 1 pare of Blew 

Hose 

Im. To 1 pare of Lether 

Breaches - - - _ 
Im : To 1 Blew Jaccut 
Im : To a Flowered Jaccut 
Im : a Bulet pouch 
Im To a powder Horn 
Im To a Tump Line 
Im To a Cotton hankerchief 
Im To a Snap Sack 

Total 5:7:6 






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6 


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4 








4 = 


= 6 





5 








9 





if 


1 


6 





4 






John Clapham Cp' 
> Henry Woods Enf Apprisors 
David Fletcher 



Groton Apriel y"? 18: 1759 Reciued of Eph"? Wesson one Doler in 
part of an Inuantory taken at half way brook of my brother Joel Cros- 
bys affects I say Reciued by me Robert Crosby 



Groton August j^ 6: 1759 Reciued of Ephraim Wesson thirteen 
pounds twelue Shiliugs old tenor in part of an Invantary taken at the 
halfway brook of my brother Joel Crosbeys Cloaths I say Reciued by 
me Robert Crosby 



Groton apriel y'^ 19'!" 1759 Reciued of Cap' Eph'" Wesson Seuea 
pound twelue Shilings and Six pence old tenor in full of an Inuontary 
taken at the halfway brook of the things belonging to my Late hus- 



band Stephen Foster Deseast per me 



Sarah -(- Fosteu 



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Groton may y* o"" 1759 

Reciued of Capt. Ephraim Wesson Seuen pounds old tenor in full of an 
Inuantory taken at the halfway brook of my son Oliuer Lakins Cloaths 
I Say Reciued by me ^^^^^^^^ '- Lakin. 

mark 

Groton May y": 15 : 1759 

Reciued of Cap' Ephraim Wesson Seuen pounds Seuen Shilings old 
tenor in full of an Inuentary taken at the halfway-brook of the things 
belonging to my Late husband Nehemiah Goold Desast by me 

Esther Goold. 

Captain Thomas Lawrence was a son of Thomas and Pru- 
dence Lawrence, and born at Groton, on September 8, 1720. 
According to tradition he was a man of great size and 
strength. 

Sergeant Oliver Lakin was a son of William and Miriam 
Lakin, and born at Groton on February 24, 1733-4. 

Corporal Nehemiah Gould was married to Esther Bowers at 
Groton, on November 1, 1737. 

Eleazer Ames was a son of John and Elizabeth Ames, and 
born at Groton, on April 3, 1736. His grandfather, John 
Ames, was killed by the Indians at the gate of his own 
house, on July 9, 1724. 

Stephen Foster was married to Sarah Blood at Groton, on 
August 5, 1748. 

Leonard Parker, who does not appear to have been killed 
in this action, and may have belonged to another Company, 
was a son of Phinehas and Abigail Parker, and born at 
Gioton, on June 3, 1718. 

Abel Sawtell — as the name is usually spelled — was a son 
of David and Elizabeth Sawtell, and born at Gi'oton, on Jan- 
uary 23, 1739-40. 

Captaiji Ephraim Wesson was a brother of Nathan Weston, 
the ancestor on his mother's side of the Honorable Melville 
Weston Fuller, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the 
United States. 

Among these papers is a printed broadside, which gives the 
amount of pay allowed the officers and enlisted men, in the 
different grades of service at that period, as follows : — 




Province of the i/fln00acf)usetts=33ag. 

ESTABLISHMENT of the Forces on the intended Expedition 
against Canada. 
To each able-bodied effective Man^ who shall voluntarily inlist before 
the 15th Day of April next, Thirty Shillings, and upon his passing 
Muster, shall receive a ffood Blanket, and Fifty Shillings more for fur- 
nishing himself with Cloaths. 

£. s. d. 

To each Colonel of a Regiment of 1000 Men^ - 20 per Month. 

To one Lieutenant- Colonel for such Regiment, 16 13 4 ditto. 

To one Major for such Regiment, - - - - 13 6 8 ditto. 

For a Captain of 100 Men, including Officers, 8 ditto. 

For two Lieutenants for such Company, each, -5 ditto. 

For one Ensign for ditto, - 3 10 ditto. 

For one Chaplain to each Regimeiit, - - - - 8 ditto. 

For one Adjutant to each Regiment, - - - - 4 ditto. 

For one Chirurgeon to each Regiment, - - - 10 ditto. 

For one ChirurgeovUs Mate to ditto, - - - - 5 6 8 ditto. 

For each Serjeant, _-..2 31 ditto. 

For each Corporal, -1 18 7 ditto. 

For each Drummer, -- 1 187 ditto. 

For each private Centinel, -1 16 ditto. 

A.nd, That there be allowed for enlisting the several Soldiers for said 
Expedition Two Shillings each, to be paid to the Persons who 
shall inlist the same. 

Boston, March 17. 1758. Attest. 

Tlid's Clarke, Dept'y Secr'y. 



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"The Boston-Gazette, and Country Joui-nal." August 14, 
1758, gives an account of the engagement which contains some 
details not found elsewhere, as follows : — 

The folloiving Particulars may he depended on, of the Skirmish betiaecn 
a Party of Col.' Nichols's Regiment and the Enemy, near Half-way- 
Brook. 

Stockade, at Half Way-Brook, July 20. 1758. 

Last Evening we sent ten Men to escorte a Post to the Lake, and as 
they were returning early the next Morning they met an Indian within 
I of a Mile of the Advance-Guard of the Lake, who said he belonged to 
General Johnson — he was destitute of Arms and Ammunition, but 
said he was going to the Lake after his Powder-Horn and his Gun, he 
had left at the Stockade Fort there, and so he passed them : Our Peo- 
ple had not travell'd three Miles before this Indian overtook them, hav- 
ing his Powder-Horn, and would fain have passed them, but they 
travelling very fast kept him Company till they came within a Mile 
and i of this Stockade, where lay in Ambush near 50 of the Enemy, 
who cahoop'd, at which the Indian sprung out of the Road towards 
the Enemy, and cahoop'd likewise, then the Enemy fired upon them ; 
all which was done in an Instant : All these unhappy Men fell into the 
Hands of the Enemy, except one, who was reliev'd by a Party consist- 
ing of near 100, which was sent out immediately at the Hearing of the 
Guns ; two Indians who were pursuing the Soldier, tied back near the 
Place where the Ambush was, where lay a large Body of the P>nemy 
in a curve Live, with a great Advantage of Ground, which they arose 
from and fir'd, which was well answer'd from our Front ; the Enemy 
being very numerous attempted to flank us, but a second Party being 
sent out covered a Retreat, and prevented their Design : However 
artfully they laid their Scheme, it appears from several Circumstances 
plain, that the Enemy had a Design to keep us in play, till they could 
cut us off from Fort Edward, which if they had, the parties posted be- 
tween the Fort and the Lake must have been cut off and destroyed,* as 
the Enemy did consist of Eleven or Twelve Hundred. — By the great 
Marks they left behind them where the main Body lay, we have Rea- 
son to belive that we kill'd and wounded a considerable Number of the 
Enemy, by the Nuoiber of Poles cut and hew'd for Beirs ; they left of 
Peas, Pork, Indian-Meal, a considerable Quantity on the Ground, as 
also Spears, Poles, Packs and Blankets: They march'd off in 5 Paths 
or Columns towards South-Bay, all which was disoover'd by Major 
Gage and his Party. — Among our Slain are several brave and worthy 
Officers, and the others narrowly escaped, who also behaved well. 

* Col. Nicliols's ?ie(/iment is jiostcd at different Places leliceen Fort Edtiard and 
the Lal:e. 



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A List, of the Killed and Mismtg of the (thooe Patty. 

Of Capt. Dakin's Company. 

Killed. Capt. Samuel Dakin, Lieut. Samuel Curtis. 

Missing. Wm. Grout, Jona. Patterson, Natli. Molton, all of Sudbury. 

Of Capt. Jones's Company. 

Killed. Capt. Samuel Jones of Wilmington, Lieut. Simon Godfrey of 
Billerica, Moses Hagget of Andover wounded and since dead. 

Of Capt. Lawrence's Company. 

Killed. Capt. Thomas Lawrence of Groton, Serjeant Wright and 
Simeon Wheeler of Westford. Corporal Gold of No. 1. Able Satel, 
Stephen Foster and Ebenezer [Eleazer] Eames of Gi'oton. 

Missiog. Serj. Oliver Larkin of Groton, Joel Crosby of Westford. 

Of Capt. Foster's Company. 

Killed. Ensign Daniel Davis of Methueu, and Abraham Harden of 
Pembroke. 

Of Capt. Fletcher's Company. 

Killed. Serjeant Russel of Concord. 

3Iissing. John Batman of Concord, Abner Keys and Wm. Eaton of 
Billerica. 

Of Capt. Poor's Company. 

Killed. David Payson of Rowley. 
Missing. Caleb Kimball of Rowley. 

Of Capt. Fail's Company. 
Missing, Isaac Little of Dedham. 

Of Capt. Fay's Company. 

Missing. Corporal Joshua Newton of Southborough. John Ervine 
and Wm. Coggin slightly wounded. 

[As Capt. Fales is not mention'd in the above List among the Killed, 
it is suppos'd the Report of it as mention'd in our Paper was a 
Mistake.] 



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